St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
THE ENGINEERS.
They Meet at Chicago---Chief Ar
thurs Address.


Chicago, Oct. 19.-The twenty-fourth
annual international convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
opened in the Central hall at 80 this
afternoon, with delegates present from
all parts of the Union. Mayor Roche
welcomed the delegates in a short adj
dress. Speeches were also made bv
Gov. OgleSby and others. The chief
feature OF the afternoon exercises was
the annual address of the grand chief
engineer, L. NJ. Arthur, who spoke as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
After a lapse of nineteen years, agreeably
to the expressed will of our organization.
the brotherhood of locomotive engineers is
again permitted to greet the good PEOPLE of
the great city Of the lakes Perhaps to some
our coming in convention to your city will be
only grand meeting of another army of
fanatic laborerS, but we believe to most peo-
pie. and certainly to the reading public. we
are known as an organization of honest men
having honest intentions, which we ever
have and shall ever execute III straight
forward. honest manner. We are enemies
only 10 wrong i'll its various devices and
gaTbS and can aSSuredly say that political
schemes and aspirations have no place
nor part III our ASSOCIATION. A mighty army
of men. representing 365 divisions. has
gathered about nucleus of twelve men,
city of Detroit and started an organization
destined to be more than they then knew or
dreamed. To-day we number %, 900 men.
and while our numbers are great we would
not have you consider only the quantity hut
quality as well. To be a brotherhood man
four things are requisite, namely. sobriety
truth, justice and morality. This is our
motto and upon this precept have we based
deemed it best to slightly change our plan of
insurance SO as to bring it within the reach
of all We now claim to have at once the
cheapest and the best-the most satisfactory
insurance company i'll existence.
WE HAVE PAID OUT
during the fiscal year just closed to widows
and orphans $3.50, 800, making a total of
S2,244,66961 that we have paid since the
association was established in December,
1897. At the close Of the last fiscal year we
had %, IA members; died during the year.
n; disabled. H. forfeited, 1873, and had on
Sept. l, 26,2S7, showing net gain of 1913
Our Journals circulation has now reached
$4,000, from which we derive revenue of
SS.922. 81 per year. During the year your
chief executive has travelled over 10000
miles OF territory, adjusting grievances and
attending union meetings. Taking all
things into consideration, our relations both
to ourselves and with various railroads, en-
ploying brotherhood men, are amicabIe
When we consider the dissatisfaction
which is everywhere manifest about us.
almost can we feel it in the air which SIR.
rounds u.s. our new troubles pale into insig-
nifcance. The spirit of discomfort walks un-
challenged from ocean to ocean across our
broad continent, whispering greedily into the
ears of men, More. more" And so the crv
is taken up and repeated until it becomes =
roar. 1t is a short stride from the word to the
deed, and every day in our papers we read
the result of this discomfort. Labor of all
kinds, from the most mental to the most
skilled, with that cry still ringing in their
ears while their judgment sleeps, has risen
up and refused to work, preferring no pay to
little pay. And with what result? Defeat,
disaster and despair. There nave
been times and incidents when the
''atrike" was the only court of appeal
for the workingman, and the evil Law in the
abuse of them and not in the use of them,
The methods used to bring about a successful
termination of strikes, the abuse of properly
and even OF persons, has brought the very
name into disrepute, while the troubles nj
the laboring men are rapidly receiving more
cant, and sympathy for them is dying ont,
More and more clearly defined is the line
becoming which divides the honest man.
satisfied with
JUST REMUNERATION
which he has truly earned, until by his own
efforts he can rise to higher position in life.
and the loud voiced bomb thrower. who
scarcely able to speak the English language
seeks to win his own comfortable living
from those who have worked for it. presum
ing upon the imagination and arous-
ing false hopes in the hearts of
those who are still more ignorant than
himself. Among sensible men, the day for
all this is past. Let mercy season justice